GURU POORNIMA ON THURSDAY, 10TH JULY 2025

Guru Poornima is dedicated to spiritual and academic teachers.

The Word 'Guru' consists of two syllables - Gu + Ru. Gu means Darkness or Ignorance and Ru means Removal  and hence Guru conveys a meaning of  one who removes ignorance i.e. a teacher.

Guru Poornima Day is the birth day of Veda Vyasa - the fountainhead of spritual knowledge and compiler of Vedas. Due to this reason, Guru Poornima is also called as Vyasa Poornima signifying Vyasa's birth anniversary.  This Vyasa’s birthday celebration is approximately his 5100^th years Birthday, if Vyasa was believed to have born around 3100 BC.

In yogic tradition, it marks the day Shiva became the first Guru (Adi Guru) and began the transmission of yoga to the Saptarishis.

On this day all disciples and students pay their respects to Gurus/Teachers for giving them spiritual/academic knowledge.

In Hindu tradition, Gurus are considered as God's Incarnations whose teachings should be taken Gospel Truths with humility so that Learnings become the main aims of all disciples/students.

Honouring Gurus is to honour knowledge itself that is being imparted by them.

The most common and popular Guru Vandana Shloka is: 

"Gurur Brahma, Gurur Vishnu, Gurur Devo Maheshwara, Gurur Sakshat Parabrahma, Tasmai Shree Guruve Namaha." 

This translates to: "The guru is Brahma, the guru is Vishnu, the guru is Lord Maheshwara (Shiva). The guru is verily the Supreme Brahman. I bow down to that Guru.“

LET THE BLESSINGS OF OUR GURUS - BOTH SPIRITUAL AND ACADEMIC TEACHERS - BE SHOWERED ON US ALL TO LIGHTEN AND BRIGHTEN OUR LIFE HERE AND HEREAFTER.

OM GURUPYO NAMA